Staff Platform Engineer, Cloud Platform
Core
Build and operate GM's internal cloud platform, control plane, and runtime to enable fast, reliable, self-service software delivery for internal engineering teams.
Role type
Staff Platform Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)
Builds
Internal developer platform (IDP), cloud control plane, and production runtime infrastructure for GM's software teams.
Domain
Automotive / Cloud Native Infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes (production scale), Go, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Crossplane), Cloud Networking, SLO design, Technical Leadership, API Design, AI Tooling integration
Preferred skills
Service Mesh (Istio), Event Streaming (Kafka/Event Hubs), Multi-region architecture, MCP servers, FinOps
Technologies
Kubernetes, Go, Terraform, Crossplane, Azure, Istio, Kafka, ArgoCD, Kargo, KEDA, Karpenter, Kyverno, Cursor, Claude Code
Responsibilities
Design and build core platform capabilities end-to-end; Set technical direction and write design documents; Eliminate developer toil through automation; Partner with SRE on reliability and SLOs; Mentor senior engineers and review code; Work directly with application teams to fix platform blockers.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership
